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ORCHIDACEJG. 



j J Platanthera leucostaciiys, Lindl. Gen. & Spec. Orch. p. 288 ; Hook. Fl. Boi\~Amer. 2, p. 



198, Santa Cruz, Sonora ; Thurler. Near Montery, California, June. (No. 1900, Wright^ a 

 slender variety,) We have what we regard as the same species, from Mokelumne and Monterey, 

 California, collected by Mr. Rich, and from Observatory Inlet, British America. Mr. Rich's 

 specimens shovf a transition from the stouter form, with a dense inflorescence, to the slender 

 variety, with more scattered flowers, of the plant collected by Dr. Parry. 



Platanthera dilatata, Lindl, p. 287 ; Torr. FL N. Yorhy 2, jp. 267. Mountains east of San 

 Diego, California, May ; Farry. 



Epipactis gigantea, DougL in Hooh FL Bor^-Amer. 2, p. 202, t. 202. Moist ravines near 



the month of the Pecos ; Bigelow. (No. 1901^ Wright.) The leaves in Mr. Wright's S2)ecimens 

 are narrower than in the Californian plant, but in Dr. Bigelow's they are quite as broad. 



Bletia aphylla, Nutt. Gen. 2, p. 194. Western Texas; Wright. Sepals deep brownish pur- 

 ple. Petals dull brownish yellow ; the 3-lobed lip with 5 broad plaits or folds, purplish. 



AMARYLLIDACE^. 



Texanus, Bat. Mag 



Western Texas, from San Antonio to the Rio Grande, October. The peduncles are often 6 

 inches long. (No. 1904, Wright.) 



CooPERiA pedunculata, Herb. AmarylL p. 179, t. 42, /. 3-5, d in Bat. Mag. t. 3739. Prairies, 

 Texas, from the Blanco river to the Rio Grande ; also in Nuevo Leon, March — October. (No. 



1902, Wright.) 



CooPERiA Drummondi, JSerh. in Bat. Beg. t. 1835. On hills San Antonio, Texas, to the Rio 

 Grande, August— October. (No. 1902, Wright.) 



Agave Americana, Linn. Sp. p. 461 ; Kunthj Enum. 5,^. 819. Western Texas, bordering 

 the Rio Grande, and in the Mexican States, west; also on the Gila. (No. 1906, Wright?) 

 This is one of the species called Maguey by the Mexicans. It is an exceedingly useful plant, as 



Mexico 



will be seen from Mr. Schotf's notes. In many parts of , ^ ^ 



it has doubtless been introduced. 



Agave Amerigaiita, /5 ? latifolia : foliis ovatis acuminatis ; floribus minoribus. Hills near 



the Copper Mines of New Mexico ; Emory ; and near Rock Creek ; Bigehio. The leaves are more 

 than a foot long and 4 or 5 inches wide, forming a cone which is from 2^ to 3 feet in diameter ; 



the margin armed with short spreading or reversed prickles. From the centre rises a flower 

 stalk to the height of 10 feet. Only the withered and somewhat persistent flowers were col- 

 lected. These are scarcely one-third as large as those of the narrower leaved plant. The capsule 

 is smooth, oblongs an inch and a half long, and three-fourths of an inch in diameter. We are 



yet in doubt as to whether this is a distinct species from A. Americana. 



Magu 



Mexico 



the other Mescal. 



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foliis anguste lanceolatis crassis patulis margine remote acu- 



leatis ; spica longissima ; floribus subsessilibus sfepissime per paria approximatis ; perianthii 

 segmentis (uncialiBus) erectis. — Mountains near El Paso, and along the Rio Grande downward ; 

 common, growing in patches, May — June. (No. 682 and 1907, Wright.) Caudex 4-6 inches 



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